Women's professional hockey will be televised live in the U.S. by a major cable network for the first time when NBC Sports Network airs the National Women's Hockey League semifinals and final in early February.The NHWL and NBC Sports will announce the historic agreement later Tuesday.
The Isobel Cup semifinals on Feb. 4 and final on Feb. 5 being on TV in the U.S. gives the sport a platform it doesn't have in the country aside from the Winter Olympics.“To me, that’s the biggest piece about this, the biggest element, is not just touching an audience once every four years,” NWHL Commissioner Tyler Tumminia said in a phone interview.